{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001571",
 "municipality": "James",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.elklake.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 24-04 — Clean Yards",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://elklake.ca/vertical/sites/%7B698232A1-8BB9-4776-8A5C-60DC366E3EE9%7D/uploads/By-Law_24-04_Clean_Yards_Signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Official signed clean-yards by-law setting minimum property standards for litter, waste, motor vehicles, refuse, compost, recyclable material, and appliances.",
   "capture_sha256": "1879bc2c433e8df869b8185503a8faeed8b3c6deb39b99bdb34ce8a2d70eaca4",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1879bc2c433e8df869b8185503a8faeed8b3c6deb39b99bdb34ce8a2d70eaca4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits undesirable material, grass or weeds exceeding 20 centimeters (8 inches), and unusable or wrecked vehicles on property.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may issue Order; Township may do work at owner's cost, added to tax roll; fines up to $25,000 or $50,000."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 4.5, s. 4.6, s. 4.10",
    "enforcement": "s. 7.5, s. 6.1, s. 9.1, s. 9.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/james/property-maintenance/text-1879bc2c433e/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/james/property-maintenance/"
}